# HREF in external text file with ASFUNCTION

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/href-in-external-text-file-with-asfunction/191728>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [June 22, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/href-in-external-text-file-with-asfunction/191728 "2006-06-22T15:26:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![misterpatrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/da6949/32.png) [@misterpatrick](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/misterpatrick)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/href-in-external-text-file-with-asfunction/191728/1 "2006-06-22T15:26:44Z")

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Hello all,

I am a little confused with the ASFUNCTION. I understand how to use it to call a function from within the swf, but how can I embed a link in the external text file? Is this even with ASFUNCTION? When I use an \<A HREF etc it doesn’t work. I have searched all over the forums and can’t find the answer to this really simple question.

Also, one other thing. Is there a good character map somewhere for UTF-8 encodings? For example, I can’t seem to get Trademark and bullet points to work.

Thanks!